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' No. 580,470. PatentedApr; 13, 1897.

rrE rates A'IEENT DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

EDWIN A. NASH, PERCY R.

MOPI-IAIL, AND ISAAC GIBBARD, OF SAME PLACE.

CHECK-PRINTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,470, dated April13, 1897. Application filed January 27, 1897. Serial No. 620,867. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SoLoMoN SonvvnnzsoHILD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe, in the State ofNew York, have invented anImproved Apparatus for Preparing Checks, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improved apparatus forpreparing checks,drafts, &c. ,Whereby the amount for which such check or draft is drawnis quickly and plainly printed and embossed in indelible charactersthereon in suchmanner as to prevent the altering orraising of the same.

My invention is fully illustrated and described in the followingspecification and the accompanying drawings, the novel features thereofbeing specified in the claims annexed to the said specification.

In the accompanying drawings, representing my invention, Figure 1 is afront elevation. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is a radial section.

My invention is embodied in the apparatus represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which A is the revolving wheel, 13 the base, Cthe roller or platen, and D a series of revolving radially-movabletype-blocks which represent all the numbers between one and onethousandnecessary to enable the operator to print on the check, draft, &c., anyamount up to nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand nine hundred andninety-nine. For this purpose there are twenty -nine blocks havingprinting faces as follows: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven,eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteenseventeen ei hteen nineteen twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty,seventy, eighty, ninety, hun dred, and thousand. The word and and someother marks may be placed on some additional blocks. Any suitable styleof characters may be employed.

In operating the machine the blank check is placed on the base, underthe spring E and over the inking-ribbon F and roller'C, and,

supposing it be desired to make out the check for seventy dollars, thetype-block having seventy on ,its face is pushed out beyond the faces ofthe other type-blocks, and such type-block being secured in itsoutermost po sition by the pin G or other suitable device the wheel isrevolved by the handle H and the word seventy is impressed or embossedon the paper and printed in any suitable ink or color thereon-on bothsides,if desiredthe paper being moved along by the contact of thetype-block and roller with it and its fiber being broken down or openedby the embossing action, so that the ink-is thoroughly incorporated inthe substance of the paper itself, The movement of the paper while beingembossed and printed may be restrained and guided by the spring E, whichholds the paper down on the base.

The operation may be repeated and any desired amount printed andembossed on the check by the use of the type-blocks, either singly or insuccession and with the interposition of the wort and, if required.

In Fig. 1 the type-block having eight on its face is represented asprojected beyond the others, so that when the wheel is revolved thisparticular type-block alone Will impress itself on the paper and indentthe Word eight therein. The roller is attached to the base, and thewheel is supported on a suitable arm I, being so located that a heavypressure is produced on the paper as it is fed along between thetype-blocks and the roller.

The wheel A is constructed in any suitable manner, and the type-blocksare arrange-d thereon in any suitable way so as to be radially adjustable. In the construction shown the type-blocks are attached toradial arms J, provided with holes in which the pins Gr engage to holdthe type-blocks projected in printing position. The blocks may also befastened in their inward position by similar The check rests on thebase, as indicated 5 by. the dotted lines K, the spring E pressing thecheck down on the base and holding it in the proper position, butpermitting it to be fed onward by the type-block and roller.

Any suitable means, such as the inkingroller L or an inking-ribbonextending entirely around the wheel and type-blocks, may be employed,and the ribbon F below the paper may be carried around suitablesupporting-rollers or otherwise arranged. The contact between the typeand the paper is prolonged in consequence of the rolling character ofthe impression, which also embosses and breaks down the fiber of thepaper, the impression being embossed through the paper, so as to beplainly visible in raised characters from the back of the check, whileduring the printing the ink is incorporated and embedded in thesubstance of the check, so it can only be removed by destroying thepaper, or in case solvents should be found for the pigments of the inkthe embossed impression will still remain.

I claim- 1. The combination, in a check-printing apparatus, of arevolving wheel, a series of radially-movable type-blocks representingthe requisite numbers between one and one thousand arranged around theperiphery of the said Wheel, means for holding any one of thetype-blocks with its printing-face projected beyond the others, arevolving roller acting as a platen arranged on an axis parallel to theaxis of the wheel, and a suitable supporting-frame, whereby the desiredamount is printed and embossed on the check by pressure between theprojected type-block and the roller, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a check-printing apparatus, of a revolving wheel,a series of radially-movable type-blocks representing the requisitenumbers between one and one thousand arranged around the periphery ofthe said wheel, means for holding any one of the type-blocks with itsprinting-face projected beyond the others, a revolving roller acting asa platen, a suitable supporting-frame, means for inking the type-blocks,and an inking-ribbon on the roller, whereby the desired amount isembossed and the check printed on both sides by pressure between theprojecting type-block and the roller, substantially as described.

' SOLOMON SOHWARZSOHILD.

Witnesses:

- GEO. B. SELDEN,

G. S. DEY.

